Global Game: Ten Billion Spirit Energy Coins From The Start-Chapter 1603 - 1491, Lizard Shop Owner

The continent where Su Yu resided was known locally as the Windrose Continent, the most prosperous landmass in the Southern Hemisphere.

At the heart of the continent was a city called Wind Valley City, located in the center of a vast plain. It served as the capital of the Windrose Continent’s largest nation—the Chute Empire—and acted as the political and economic center of the country.

In a secluded alley at the outskirts of Wind Valley City, Su Yu, now disguised as an ordinary person, strode into a small restaurant alongside Morning Star.

The restaurant was not only small but also incredibly dilapidated, with blackened grease stains coating the surfaces. There were barely a dozen dining spots available.

It wasn’t mealtime, so the place was almost empty. Apart from the owner, the only other person in the establishment was Su Yu.

As he entered, Su Yu glanced around the restaurant before taking a seat.

He looked toward the menu on the wall and called out loudly, "Boss, time to work! Bring me one of everything on the menu."

Su Yu spoke in standard Crystal Blue Universal Language, a tongue he had crammed in the past two days. It was widely understood by intelligent beings on the continent.

"Oh?" The owner of the restaurant opened his eyes from where he had been lying on a chair.

This owner looked like a lizard. Just moments ago, it had been dozing on a wooden plank, only waking up upon hearing Su Yu’s voice.

The lizard cast a look at Su Yu. freēnovelkiss.com

Its expression was somewhat dazed, as though it hadn’t quite processed the situation.

"Say it again," Su Yu tapped the table, pointing toward the menu. "Bring me one of everything on that menu up there."

"Er, dear customer..." The lizard shop owner’s eyes darted back and forth as it asked, "So much food? Are you sure you can finish it all?"

"That’s not your concern. Just get cooking," Su Yu urged impatiently.

"But... do you have enough money for all that?" The lizard shop owner pressed, clearly still trying to make sense of the situation.

"Oh, money!" Su Yu slapped himself on the forehead. "I didn’t bring any with me."

The lizard shop owner: "..."

"But wait for a moment." As soon as these words left Su Yu’s mouth, he vanished into thin air, leaving only Morning Star perched on his shoulder behind.

Morning Star gracefully leapt onto a nearby table, finding a relatively clean spot to lie down.

The lizard shop owner: "..."

After about three seconds, just as the lizard shop owner opened its mouth to say something to Morning Star, Su Yu reappeared in the restaurant. This time, he held a thick stack of fresh banknotes.

"Here you go! This is the latest edition of ten-thousand-yuan bills. This should be enough, right?" Su Yu tossed the bundle of cash onto the counter.

The notes glistened with a golden sheen, their crispness unmistakable. They even carried the strong, distinct scent of fresh ink.

But at this point, the lizard shop owner’s complexion had completely changed. Its face turned red, then purple, as it stared at Su Yu with an intensity like facing a mortal enemy.

Su Yu smiled faintly, locking eyes with it.

After a few seconds of shifting expressions, the lizard shop owner finally seemed to make a decision.

It spoke in a deep voice, "That’s more than enough. These bills will certainly cover everything. Please wait here, dear customer. I’ll prepare your dishes right away."

The lizard shop owner didn’t even glance at the stack of ten-thousand-yuan notes. Keeping a wary eye on Su Yu, it cautiously retreated step by step into the kitchen.

"Hurry up! If the food isn’t up to par, I might lose my temper, you know!" Su Yu continued to smile.

"???" Morning Star suddenly sensed that something wasn’t right. Her drooping ears perked up immediately.

She glanced at Su Yu in confusion and asked in Crystal Blue Universal Language, "Is something wrong with that shop owner?"

Previously, Morning Star hadn’t detected anything unusual about the shop owner or the restaurant. She had only been puzzled—why wasn’t Su Yu going directly to find that "specimen"?

With Su Yu’s Planet Level 5 abilities, getting close to "the specimen" wouldn’t even be a challenge. In fact, if he wanted to hide within five meters of "the specimen," there was no way it would detect his presence.

Yet Su Yu hadn’t gone to find the specimen. Instead, he came to this shabby little restaurant on the outskirts of the city.

When they had first entered, even Morning Star hadn’t noticed anything unusual about the place.

It was just an ordinary, grimy little restaurant.

But now, seeing how the lizard shop owner hadn’t spared even a glance at the near-million-worth stack of cash, Morning Star realized there was definitely something wrong!

The ten-thousand-yuan bills Su Yu tossed out had been taken from a nearby bank vault. Altogether, the pile was worth close to a million.

But Morning Star had seen the menu. Each dish listed only cost ten to twenty yuan, with the most expensive item priced at just over forty.

If this were just an ordinary shop owner, how could it possibly disregard a stack of cash worth nearly a million?

From that alone, Morning Star recognized there was indeed a problem.

...

Morning Star was also speaking in Crystal Blue Universal Language, so when the lizard shop owner heard her, its entire body froze.

Still, it didn’t stop moving, retreating into the kitchen and mechanically starting to chop up ingredients.

"Of course there’s an issue," Su Yu said, rubbing the cat’s head and smiling. "Morning Star, you might not have seen through its disguise. This guy is actually an Eighth Rank Mid-tier existence—the same rank as you."

"Eighth Rank Mid-tier?" Morning Star was shocked, her eyes widening as she stared toward the kitchen.

Morning Star herself was also Eighth Rank Mid-tier, but she hadn’t detected that the lizard shop owner was of the same rank as she was!

Such ability to hide one’s presence was extraordinary! Morning Star knew she herself couldn’t conceal her abilities so well before another of the same rank.

But... if this was an Eighth Rank Mid-tier being, why was it hiding in such a shabby little restaurant?

Morning Star could smell the scent of conspiracy.